[ale] Printer Error

[James P. Kinney III]

Hi Bill,

I have one of those beasties. A pretty OK laser printer for the money.
The Linux driver is actually a bit faster than the windows version.

The Brother HL-7x0 series needs the following procedure done to clear
the the queue after a foul-up:

Turn off the printer
Stop the print daemon ( use the /etc/init.d/lpd stop  command as root)
Turn on the printer
Start the lpd ( /etc/init.d/lpd start)

That's what my foggy memory is telling me. I haven't used the Brother
since I moved the office 6 months ago. It didn't help that a cat
attacked the output tray trying to get the paper as it emerged and broke
off the plastic "ears" that hold it to the main chassis. Again.

On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 22:16, Bill Pleasants wrote:
> Hello,
> After getting RH in my HP Pentium II at the Installfest, I installed a
> Brother HL-720 printer today.  After printing 2 of 3 pages from
> Mapquest, the printer indicated toner out.  I replaced the cartridge and
> there was an error light which can be cleared by unplugging the printer
> cable and cycling the printer off.  I reset the print queue and the same
> 2 pages printed and the error light flashed.  Rebooted - same error
> light.  Attempts to print additional items failed.  I entered "lprm" to
> cancel anything pending and got "local host IP not available."  I don't
> know what to make of that and I'm out of ideas.  I would appreciate
> help.  I am new to this so please be explicit.
> Yours truly,
> Bill
> 
> 
> 
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